Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley
(1917-2012), PhysiologistSitter in 9 portraits
Physiologist; Professor of Physiology, University College London (1960-83); President, Royal Society (1980-5). With Alan Hodgkin and John Eccles, Huxley was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1963 for work on the 'sodium pump' mechanism by which nerve impulses are transmitted. Knighted 1974, awarded OM 1983.
by Lucinda Douglas-Menzies
bromide print, 1988
NPG P369
by Liam Woon
cibachrome print, 1990
NPG P442
by Nick Sinclair
bromide print, 1993
NPG P564(12)
by Press Association Photos
bromide press print, 17 October 1963
NPG x182335
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 19 August 1976
NPG x173644
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 19 August 1976
NPG x173645
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 19 August 1976
NPG x173646
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 19 August 1976
NPG x173647
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 19 August 1976
NPG x173648
Related People
- Marian Collier (née Huxley) (aunt)
- Aldous Huxley (brother)
- Anthony Julian Huxley (nephew)
- Francis Huxley (nephew)
- Sir Julian Huxley (brother)
- Leonard Huxley (father)
- Matthew Huxley (nephew)
- Thomas Henry Huxley (grandfather)
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